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TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-5015, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SUNSCREEN DEVICES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE AFFIDAVIT THAT VERIFIES THAT A PERSON HAS A PHYSICAL CONDITION THAT REQUIRES HIS VEHICLE TO BE EQUIPPED WITH SUNSCREENING MATERIAL MUST BE UPDATED EVERY YEAR INSTEAD OF EVERY TWO YEARS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL ISSUE A MOTOR VEHICLE DECAL TO A PERSON WHO PRESENTS TO IT AN AFFIDAVIT THAT STATES THAT THE PERSON HAS A PHYSICAL CONDITION THAT MAKES IT NECESSARY TO EQUIP HIS MOTOR VEHICLE WITH CERTAIN SUNSCREENING MATERIAL, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DECAL MUST BE DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR EXTERIOR WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-5015(H)(1) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 339 of 2002, is further amended to read:
"(1) a motor vehicle registered in this State in the name of a person, or the person's legal guardian, who has an affidavit signed by a physician or an optometrist licensed to practice in this State that states that the person has a physical condition that makes it necessary to equip the motor vehicle with sunscreening material which would be of a light transmittance or luminous reflectance in violation of this section. The affidavit must be in the vehicle at all times during its operation and must be produced at the request of a law enforcement officer. The affidavit must be updated every two years year. The department shall issue a decal to a person who presents an acceptable affidavit. The decal must be conspicuously displayed on the driver's side rear exterior window of the vehicle; or"
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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